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Cesar Chavez School in Yonkers could be renamed amid new sex assault allegations
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... The Cesar Chavez school in Yonkers could be renamed amid new accusations of sexual abuse aimed at the famed farm union leader.
This week several women came forward with accusations of abuse and even rape.
"We recognize the power of these women who spoke out about the things that occurred to them and so we want to be intentional as we move forward, but yes, you know, all signs lead to us having to do something significant," said Yonkers Schools Superintendent Anbal Soler, Jr.
In 2018, the elementary school made history as the first in New York state named in honor of Chavez. The Yonkers school district is 63% Latino, and the name change was seen as a way to build community.
Now the Yonkers' Board of Education is now reviewing its policies regarding the naming of schools. ...
@#10 ../. Iran doesn't need to do that yet. ...
That reminds me of ...
Numbers station
en.wikipedia.org
... A numbers station is a shortwave radio station characterized by broadcasts of formatted numbers, which are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries.[1] Most identified stations use speech synthesis to vocalize numbers, although digital modes such as phase-shift keying and frequency-shift keying, as well as Morse code transmissions, are also used. Stations may operate on set schedules and frequencies in the high-frequency band, while others broadcast at irregular times.[2]
Numbers stations have been documented since at least World War I and reached peak activity during the Cold War.[3] Several espionage prosecutions have confirmed the practice: the conviction of the Cuban Five in the United States in 2001,[4][5] and the arrest of members of the Russian Illegals Program in 2010,[6] both involved the use of shortwave number broadcasts to transmit instructions to agents.[7] Messages are typically encrypted using a one-time pad, a method considered theoretically unbreakable when applied correctly.[8]
Shortwave signals can propagate over intercontinental distances by reflecting off the ionosphere, allowing a single transmitter to reach agents worldwide. The receiving agent requires only an ordinary consumer shortwave radio, possession of which carries a degree of plausible deniability. These properties, combined with independence from satellite and internet infrastructure, have led analysts to argue that numbers stations retain operational relevance even in the 21st century.[9]
Numbers stations have long been monitored by shortwave listeners, and many are known by informal nicknames based on distinctive interval signals. Hobbyist groups including ENIGMA 2000 have also developed systems for classifying identified stations.[10][11] ...
@#13
That seems to run counter to what he has said recently ...
Trump says U.S. doesn't need Strait of Hormuz
www.cbsnews.com
... 4:01 PM / March 20, 2026
Trump says U.S. doesn't need Strait of Hormuz
Asked about the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said the U.S. doesn't need the critical waterway that's used to transport oil from the Persian Gulf.
"We don't use the strait, the United States, we don't need it," he told reporters on the White House South Lawn.
"At a certain point, it'll open itself," he said of the strait. ...
@#10 ... And yet just a moment ago trump promised war crime level actions, bombing Iran's power plants, the largest first ...
So now, Pres trump seems to be going after the very Iranian citizens he had hoped would rise up and overthrow Iran's ruling regime?
Trump threatens Iran's power plants if strait not opened in 2 days
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... President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "hit and obliterate" Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened within 48 hours
"If Iran doesn't FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!" Trump said in a post on his social media platform. ...
&nbsn
Then there's this ...
US military says Iran threat to Hormuz 'degraded'
www.24newshd.tv
... The US military said Saturday that Iran's ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz has been "degraded" by the bombing this week of an underground facility where it stored cruise missiles and other weaponry.
With Iran mostly closing off the Strait, the gateway for one-fifth of the world's oil, the US military has brought out some of the heaviest bombs in its arsenal to penetrate adjacent missile sites.
Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), said it had dropped multiple 5,000-pound bombs on a "hardened" underground facility located along Iran's coast that it used to store anti-ship cruise missiles, mobile missile launchers and other equipment.
"We not only took out the facility, but also destroyed intelligence support sites and missile radar relays that were used to monitor ship movements," Cooper said in video message posted on X.
"Iran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz is degraded as a result, and we will not stop pursuing these targets," he added.
CENTCOM had revealed its use of the bunker-busting bombs on Tuesday, but in his message Saturday, Cooper elaborated on their impact -- as Washington comes under growing pressure to address the repercussions of the war on Iran on oil prices and global commerce. ...
Another view ...
Three weeks in, Iran war escalates beyond Trump's control
www.reuters.com
... President Donald Trump ends the third week of the Iran war confronting a crisis that seems to be slipping out of his hands: Global energy prices are surging, the United States stands isolated from allies and more troops are preparing to deploy despite his promise the war would be only a "short excursion."
A defensive Trump called other NATO countries "cowards" for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and insisted the campaign was unfolding according to plan. But his declaration on Friday that the battle "was Militarily WON" clashed with the reality of a defiant Iran that is choking off Gulf oil and gas supplies while launching missile strikes across the region.
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@#20 ... Sax ...
Ben Webster ...
Art Tatum - Have You Met Miss Jones? (1956)
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Mr Webster's sax starts around 1:35 into the song.
Emotional.
Also in that song is Mr Tatum's great piano playing. A little more, um, flowery, than I usually like,but excellent. At a level of Teddy Wilson's piano playing.
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